Losing It

I'm losing weight. Gotcha with that title didn't I? You probably thought I might be writing about my temper or my mind, but no, for now I have those under control. Although my loss of them would make for quite a few good posts. Alas I digress.

Yes I started losing weight. Not at New Years. At Thanksgiving. The week before Thanksgiving to be specific. It was an awful and necessary precaution for the holidays. My goal? A pound a week. My method? Weight training, portion control, veggies loaded into everything possible (yes even breakfast) and the return to fat free everything in my fridge. Let me tell you, you can put vegetable puree in everything and it still tastes good. I put spinach/kale in my smoothies, butternut squash in quesadillas (along with 75% fat free cheese), carrots in mac and cheese (Peanut thinks it's extra cheese sauce), broccolli in mashed potatoes, cauliflower in pasta sauce and we make a sloppy joe that's mostly carrots, celery and mushrooms that's to die for. You'd think I'm doing this to trick the kids but I need the tricking as much as they do. Anyone have any super good low fat, fruit and veggie packed meals that you could eat all the time? Don't worry I still eat dessert. (I was worried).

We joined a gym too. I love the gym. I get so excited just looking at all the exercise equipment. I'm so glad to be back. It is a happy place and it has a daycare. The kiddos love it. Hallelujah!   It also has classes. Who doesn't work harder when someone else is calling the shots for the workout and there are 25 other sweaty competitors in the room...oh and you're listening to really loud music. Anyways, point is I love to exercise but I still wasn't losing weight. I was working out at home but you guys know the drill, give up nap time or be a jungle gym while you do a video or a vending machine while you try to push a stroller. The gym though was the real kicker that got me started on this whole adventure. They were doing a holiday weight loss challenge right as we joined. Those crazies wanted me to pay an extra $25 to weigh in for a month on top of my already substantial monthly dues. So I said, "Absolutely not! I will weigh myself and report to my main squeeze Rob (as he probably sits and eats his ice cream and doesn't gain a pound)." And it's been working.

Here we are just past Valentines Day and I am happy to report I am down 12 pounds! My energy is way up and it's awesome. I figure I want to lose 10 more before having another baby so that's what left! This is the hard part to lose. Once I got rolling those first 10 just kept coming off but at 12 I have hit a major plateau. three weeks and no loss. So I figured I really needed to buckle down and that sharing my goal with a few more folks would entice me to recommit and make it the rest of the way. I wanted to get on here and toot my own horn too because man losing weight is hard. I don't care how much you have to lose 5lbs or 500lbs its hard. I like to eat! I mean like Rob makes fun of me that my favorite foods are "fried" and "sauce". Probably true. Ok and stack growing babies inside your body a couple of times I think the odds are forever not in my favor from here on out. Maybe I'll set my sights on taking a page out of my Grandma Gloria's book and work to fit into my wedding dress on my 25th anniversary. At least I think it was something like that. I will post some awfully lit, uncomfortable picture next to a glowing, post weight loss, hopefully taken at the summer Masters National Swimming Championship winning a medal or maybe just getting a PR in August. Don't expect anything amazing just a little bit lighter momma/athlete with a big smile on her face. Wish me luck! It's game time!

-Anna-

P.S. Everyone give a round of applause for Rob who made it to the gym before at 5:40am twice this week! What a champ!